Courage, Wisdom in an Age of Fear
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/10/20-1
Our oligarchic class is incompetent at governing
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/10/20-0
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Fear has profoundly changed us
Miami Herald
by Leonard Pitts Jr.
10/20/08
Fear, which had cut through us like a hot poker, became instead a low-grade fever, ambient noise, wallpaper, something you feel without feeling, hear without hearing, see without seeing.Then you look up one day and realize how profoundly that fear has changed your world. People are imprisoned without charges or access to attorneys, and it’s routine. People are surveilled, their reading habits studied, their telephone usage logged, and it’s commonplace. People, including children, end up on a secret list of those who are not allowed to fly, nobody will tell you why, there is no appeal, and it’s ordinary. We swallow lies like candy, nod sagely at babblespeak, and it’s unexceptional. Torture is inflicted with White House approval, the president lies about it and it’s just another Tuesday...
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/story/730752.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=oligarchic
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=James+Carroll
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Chris+Hedges
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Leonard+Pitts
Our oligarchic class is incompetent at governing
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/10/20-0
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Fear has profoundly changed us
Miami Herald
by Leonard Pitts Jr.
10/20/08
Fear, which had cut through us like a hot poker, became instead a low-grade fever, ambient noise, wallpaper, something you feel without feeling, hear without hearing, see without seeing.Then you look up one day and realize how profoundly that fear has changed your world. People are imprisoned without charges or access to attorneys, and it’s routine. People are surveilled, their reading habits studied, their telephone usage logged, and it’s commonplace. People, including children, end up on a secret list of those who are not allowed to fly, nobody will tell you why, there is no appeal, and it’s ordinary. We swallow lies like candy, nod sagely at babblespeak, and it’s unexceptional. Torture is inflicted with White House approval, the president lies about it and it’s just another Tuesday...
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/story/730752.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=oligarchic
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=James+Carroll
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Chris+Hedges
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Leonard+Pitts
rudkla - 21. Okt, 11:06
